Old civilian Dodge. After prolonged service, many vehicles went into civil service like surplus.

Ford and Chevrolet trucks

Ford Coe, (Cab Over Engine or Cabover truck), from the 1940s. Photo from the Binnerbini Collection.

Chevrolet 1939.

GMC Trucks mod. 1936

GMC

FWD

FWD (of the Four Wheel Drive Corporation founded in Wisconsin) Transport Truck. Four-wheel Drive from the 1930's. Binnerbini Collection.

Dodge pickup trucks

Dodge 1938

Both photos above are mobile kitchens, Model Carpinetti which were manufactured by the Argentine Arsenals over a Dodge chassis.

Dodge military firetruck from the FMA. Photo is courtesy of Juan Ignacio de San Martin, grandson of Brigadier San Martin.

Dodge Brothes Truck symbols.

Ford Pickups

1/2 ton Ford V8 pickup from the 1930s (35/36).

Dodge or Ford Ambulance Pickup ?

CMP Canadian Military Patterns, Chevrolet and Ford.

Troops in formation next to a Heavy 4x4 CMP (Canadian Military Pattern Truck), also known as the Chevy Blitz. Ford and Chevy used different motors, gearboxes and rear axles but most parts were standardized.

Canadian Chevy c15 with type 13 cab and a possibly standarized CKW closed cab GMC truck from an artillery unit in May Field (Campo de Mayo).

A Chevy type C8a. It is one of the variants of the Canadian Fords or Chevrolets with type 13 cabins during WWII. This model could be employed as an autoradio, artillery tractor or ambulance. Some denominations used were the HUW (Heavy Utility Wireless Vehicle) or HUP (Heavy Utility Personnel).

Courtesy of Historian Georg V.Rauch.

Ex-WWII British Army, Fordson CPM Truck (?)

Chevy G506 series

GMC CCKW

GMC Trucks

GMC truck type CCKW closed cab long wheel base (LWB). As with the Chevrolets and Fords with the type 13 cab, they were called "Guerreros" or warriors. Many of these standardized vehicles were acquired as surplus after WWII and wound up in civilian hands through military auctions. You can still find some that need restoration. In the vehicle formation there is a divided section with groups on each side. The group leader travels up front with the driver. The total formation could consist of an entire motorized infantry. The CCKW-352 was the (SWB) short wheelbase version of the GMC used mainly as a prime mover for the field artillery. The CCKW-353 was the long wheel base version used generally for cargo and personnel transport. This truck had an open-cab version.

Miscellaneous vehicles and Varieties to identify

Dodge 1917/19; Reo 1925 or GMC 1928 (?). It has the form of a modified firetruck. From its general characteristics, it could be one of many prime movers for artillery crew movements used later for civilian purposes. The person in the back seat on the left has a uniform of civilian personnel.

Argentine Army, Civilian Auxiliary Personnel "Asistente" in a 1938 uniform, consisting of a cap and simple jacket and pants set.

1920s

1931

Renault 12 cwt and Citroen.

Citroen Kegresse M1925/27 half-track. This type of French commercial Kegresse truck were aquired by the US between 1917 and 1931 with the goal of mechanizing the campaign artillery and studying future fabrication of half-track series that would be used in WWII by the US and UK. Later, towards the end of the 1940s and beginning of the 1950s, they were surplus aquired by Argentina in large quantities in order to mechanize all of their forces, who still depended on horses for much of their traction.

Renault 12-cwt. .Although the French made thesevehicles, they were used by the UK and possibly the camo scheme was British two colors or three colors (Brown, Green and Dark Yellow) . These three colors were continued as a tradition in future models for Argentina. In the 1931 parade you can see Citroen Kegresse 1925 and commercial Morris, among other models.

1930 Revolution. Photo Caras y Caretas. The improvisation and the lack of transportation documented in these images is dramatic. They practically used any means in the same style of the French in Verdun.

Malvinas Campaign

It is very difficult to know with certaintly the quantities and types of vehicles that the Task Force took to the South Atlantic in 1982. Many Land Rovers, their trailers and parts, Chinook Sea King helicopters and Harrier airplane parts sank with the Atlantic Conveyor. The following list may be incomplete or erroneous in some data. If you have any information, please write to us.